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Why Use Groups? Simulates the “real world” use of teams High motivation when actively involved Learn more fully and with less effort Learn in context Allows exploration of more complex problems Can allow students to self-select their major areas of interest.

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Trust and Teams Trust is “a willingness to put oneself at risk within a specific context.” –Trusting behavior: delegation of tasks to a team member –Distrusting behavior: Completing all tasks on your own. To be “trustworthy,” indicates one has characteristics that merit another’s trust: –Competence—one has the capacity to complete the desired task. –Benevolence—one cares about my needs and will act in my best interests. –Integrity—the person is honest and keeps his or her commitments.

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List five actions that inhibit the formation of team trust. Use competence, benevolence, and integrity as a guide. Report out in 5 minutes Nurturing and Eroding Team Trust

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Name, Phone, and Address Things I Love to Talk About Why I Am Taking This Class Personal or Professional Achievement for 2007 On Teams, I tend to be a… The Team Grid & Code of Conduct Exercise Code of Conduct: How should we handle poor performance on this team?

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Purposes of “Completing the Grid”? Forming: –What does everyone expect to get out of this class? –Do we have 5 leaders? Entertainers? –How do I contact you? Storming –What role do I want to play? (Leader vs. Entertainer) Norming –How do we handle poor performance? Encourages the movement through the phases and the formation of trust

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My Group from Hell Take 5 minutes to trade stories with your neighbor about your “group from hell.” How was the conflict resolved?